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Starts Tuesday, Aug. 24 and goes weekly until mid-November...
- Tuesday, Aug. 24, 8 p.m. – Jordan Rides the Bus (Ron Shelton)
- Tuesday, Aug. 31, 8 p.m. – Little Big Men (Al Szymanski and Peter Franchella)
- Tuesday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m. – One Night in Vegas (Reggie Bythewood)
- Tuesday, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. – Unmatched (Directors: Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters; Producer: Hannah Storm)
- Tuesday, Sept. 21, 8 p.m. – The House of Steinbrenner (Barbara Kopple)
- Tuesday, Sept. 28, 8 p.m. – Into The Wind (Steve Nash)
- Tuesday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m. – Four Days in October (Major League Baseball Productions)
- Tuesday, Oct. 12, 8 pm. – Once Brothers (NBA Entertainment)
- Tuesday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. – Tim Richmond: To the Limit (Rory Karpf )
- Tuesday, Oct. 26, 8 p.m. – Steve Bartman: Catching Hell (Alex Gibney)
- Tuesday, Nov. 2, 8 p.m. – Marion Jones: Press Pause (John Singleton)
- Tuesday, Nov. 9, 8 p.m. – Pony Excess (Thaddeus D. Matula)
- *Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 p.m. – The Best That Never Was (Jonathan Hock) * two hours
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Film summaries
Jordan Rides the Bus (Ron Shelton)
In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sportsworld, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball. After leadingthe Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and taking the ChicagoBulls to their third consecutive NBA championship the following year,Jordan was jolted by the murder of his father. Was it the brutal lossof such an anchor in his life that caused the world’s most famousathlete to rekindle a childhood ambition by playing baseball? Or somefeeling that he had nothing left to prove or conquer in basketball? Orsomething deeper and perhaps not yet understood? AcademyAward-nominated director Ron Shelton, a former minor leaguer whobrought his experiences to life in the classic movie Bull Durham,will revisit Jordan’s short career in the minor leagues and explore themotivations that drove the world’s most competitive athlete to play anew sport in the relative obscurity of Birmingham, Ala., for a youngmanager named Terry Francona.
Little Big Men (Al Szymanski and Peter Franchella)
On August 28, 1982, Cody Webster and a small group of schoolyardfriends from Kirkland, Wash., sat anxiously in a dugout waiting to takethe field for the championship game of the Little League World Series.Their focus was just about what you’d expect from any 12-year-old: hitthe ball, throw strikes, cross your fingers and then maybe – maybe– you’ll win. Adults in the stands and watching from home saw a muchbroader field of play. The memories of American hostages and acrippling oil crisis were still fresh; the economic malaise of the late1970s still lingered; and the new President wasrecovering from an assassination attempt even while confronting newthreats from the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, back on that tiny baseballfield in Williamsport, Pa., where America’s game wascelebrated each summer, no American team had won a true internationalLittle League World Series Championship in more than a decade. When theKirkland players rushed from their dugout that day, they stepped onto amuch bigger field than the one they saw. What they did, how they didit, and what happened to each of the players in the years that followedis a multi-faceted story. Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Al Szymanskiand Peter Franchella will examine what became of a group of childhoodteammates when the high point in their athletic lives occurred beforetheir lives had really begun.
One Night in Vegas (Reggie Bythewood)
On the evening of September 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweightchampion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grandin Las Vegas. At this point in his career, Tyson’s fights had becomesomewhat of a cultural phenomenon, where the ever present hype of theprofessional boxing scene would come face to face with the worlds ofbig business, Hollywood, and hip hop. Sitting ringside wascontroversial rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur and Tyson were friends; afeeling of kinship linked them as each rose to stardom from povertyonly to be thrown in prison. Following Tyson’s victory, Shakur and“Iron Mike
Jordan Rides the Bus (Ron Shelton)
In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sportsworld, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball. After leadingthe Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and taking the ChicagoBulls to their third consecutive NBA championship the following year,Jordan was jolted by the murder of his father. Was it the brutal lossof such an anchor in his life that caused the world’s most famousathlete to rekindle a childhood ambition by playing baseball? Or somefeeling that he had nothing left to prove or conquer in basketball? Orsomething deeper and perhaps not yet understood? AcademyAward-nominated director Ron Shelton, a former minor leaguer whobrought his experiences to life in the classic movie Bull Durham,will revisit Jordan’s short career in the minor leagues and explore themotivations that drove the world’s most competitive athlete to play anew sport in the relative obscurity of Birmingham, Ala., for a youngmanager named Terry Francona.
Little Big Men (Al Szymanski and Peter Franchella)
On August 28, 1982, Cody Webster and a small group of schoolyardfriends from Kirkland, Wash., sat anxiously in a dugout waiting to takethe field for the championship game of the Little League World Series.Their focus was just about what you’d expect from any 12-year-old: hitthe ball, throw strikes, cross your fingers and then maybe – maybe– you’ll win. Adults in the stands and watching from home saw a muchbroader field of play. The memories of American hostages and acrippling oil crisis were still fresh; the economic malaise of the late1970s still lingered; and the new President wasrecovering from an assassination attempt even while confronting newthreats from the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, back on that tiny baseballfield in Williamsport, Pa., where America’s game wascelebrated each summer, no American team had won a true internationalLittle League World Series Championship in more than a decade. When theKirkland players rushed from their dugout that day, they stepped onto amuch bigger field than the one they saw. What they did, how they didit, and what happened to each of the players in the years that followedis a multi-faceted story. Emmy Award-winning filmmakers Al Szymanskiand Peter Franchella will examine what became of a group of childhoodteammates when the high point in their athletic lives occurred beforetheir lives had really begun.
One Night in Vegas (Reggie Bythewood)
On the evening of September 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweightchampion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grandin Las Vegas. At this point in his career, Tyson’s fights had becomesomewhat of a cultural phenomenon, where the ever present hype of theprofessional boxing scene would come face to face with the worlds ofbig business, Hollywood, and hip hop. Sitting ringside wascontroversial rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur and Tyson were friends; afeeling of kinship linked them as each rose to stardom from povertyonly to be thrown in prison. Following Tyson’s victory, Shakur and“Iron Mike
